{"id":86144,"date":"2020-10-10T06:11:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-10T03:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/china-airing-game-5-of-finals-thanks-to-nbas-goodwill\/"},"modified":"2020-10-10T06:11:56","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T03:11:56","slug":"china-airing-game-5-of-finals-thanks-to-nbas-goodwill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/china-airing-game-5-of-finals-thanks-to-nbas-goodwill\/","title":{"rendered":"#China airing Game 5 of finals thanks to NBA’s ‘goodwill’"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#China airing Game<\/a> 5 of finals thanks to NBA’s ‘goodwill’<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Just over a year after an international uproar caused NBA games to be taken off the air in China, CCTV-5 announced that it was airing Friday\u2019s Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the Lakers and Heat thanks to \u201cgoodwill\u201d by the league.<\/p>\n

The Lakers and Nets were set to play two preseason games in China last October when a tweet by Houston general<\/a> manager Daryl Morey\u2019s supporting Hong Kong protesters enraged China\u2019s communist government. Morey later deleted the tweet, but Beijing shut down the NBA\u2019s deal with CCTV, which has exclusive TV rights in China.<\/p>\n

NBA commissioner Adam Silver admitted in February that the league faced over $300 million in losses from Chinese companies pulling support. China finally relented after citing \u201cgoodwill\u201d from the NBA, especially help in fighting the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the recent Chinese National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations, the NBA sent their well wishes to fans in China,\u201d CCTV said in a statement. \u201cWe also took note of the league has been continuously delivering goodwill [to China], particularly making positive contributions to Chinese people\u2019s fight against COVID-19 pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a positive sign for Sino-American relations, though it\u2019s unclear exactly what role Taiwanese-born Nets owner Joe Tsai played behind the scenes as peacemaker.<\/p>\n

One highly-placed NBA source said the demand for games was high among basketball-starved fans in China, who had only been able to stream games through Tencent.<\/p>\n

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Many Chinese fans are big supporters of the NBA.<\/span>AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tsai \u2014 who co-founded the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and splits time between Hong Kong and the U.S. \u2014 has been on the board of NBA China. And both he and Alibaba have been integral to China\u2019s COVID-19 relief efforts.<\/p>\n

The Joe and Clara Wu Tsai Foundation \u2014 along with the Nets \u2014 sent a $3.7 million donation on Feb. 26. The Nets were in Washington that night, and center DeAndre Jordan was asked about Tsai\u2019s charitable efforts.<\/p>\n

\u201cJoe is obviously a great businessman and has been exceptional as an owner of this franchise, and he definitely wants to help,\u201d Jordan said via the Chinese social media<\/a> platform Weibo. \u201cAnd I think this is a huge epidemic that\u2019s affecting us worldwide right now and anything helps.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tsai has also donated material goods \u2014 personal protective equipment and the like \u2014 in China, while the NBA has reportedly provided $1 million to the relief efforts. He also penned a lengthy Facebook post when the Morey flap first began, explaining the cultural issues involved.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I\u2019m simply pointing out is how mainland China feels about this issue. \u2026 It\u2019s definitely a third-rail issue for Chinese people on the mainland,\u201d Tsai had told The Post at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to make sure that people in China don\u2019t view the NBA as an anti-Chinese organization. I believe the NBA, because of its global nature \u2014 a quarter of the players are international \u2026 a business that has income from sources all around the world \u2014 is an international entity.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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